Nothing Gold (Music Video) HVX+M2 at DVinfo.net

CJ Roy · December 5th, 2006, 01:56 AM

Hey all,

Long time no post. Here's a music video we just finished for Texas band FauxFox.

http://www.cjroy.net/nothinggold.html

let me know what you think. Thanks.

-CJ Roy

Rudi Benade · December 5th, 2006, 10:41 AM

Really beautiful images! I'm really impressed. It's still loading, but I really like it so far. That's three really's now! I can see how I would have done a few things differently but thats just personal taste things. I'm desperate for an M2 now. Checking you other work out now.

Sheldon Blais · December 5th, 2006, 12:22 PM

WOW!!

Great video. The group obviously had a budget in the tens of thousands.....

Best video I've seen on DVI in a long time.....

Ash Greyson · December 5th, 2006, 12:36 PM

Good video, too bad the song is painfully long. There is probably a great 2:30 song in there! Video looks great, I love the low-key lighting in some of the scenes. As far as budget, you could pull this off pretty cheap I think...

ash =o)

Sheldon Blais · December 5th, 2006, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ash Greyson

Good video, too bad the song is painfully long. There is probably a great 2:30 song in there! Video looks great, I love the low-key lighting in some of the scenes. As far as budget, you could pull this off pretty cheap I think...

ash =o)

I was thinking the same thing until I saw all of the extras, vehicles, and location....

Andzei Matsukevits · December 6th, 2006, 12:05 PM

location is really nice, its like a died out town or something. Did you have to close down the street for shooting or something?

Did you shoot it in HD on p2 cards and then downconverted in post, or you shot it in SD?

nice job, one of the best videost i've seen in this forum.

CJ Roy · December 6th, 2006, 04:49 PM

Andzei-

The location was a set in South Dallas previously dressed to make a section of a middle eastern city. The owner of the property, which was about 3 or 4 city blocks, liked it so much that he didn't want them to tear it down afterwards. He just now rents out the location to other productions. It gave us something to play with, visually. Of course looking down the street to the north, you can see Dallas' skyline... but almost every direction was a good shot. And yes, the streets were shut down for us. Although they don't have much traffic to begin with.

We shot in 720pn, on the P2 cards, which my assistant was constantly offloading and running back to me. We never had to wait on cards, because of him.

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it.

-CJ Roy

Ian Mora · December 6th, 2006, 05:57 PM

Which m2 package do you have (nikon, canon, PL mount, etc) Which lens Size did you use?

thanks
Ian

Theodoros Chliapas · December 6th, 2006, 06:48 PM

That's the best HVX+M2 footage i've ever seen.

More than great. Big Bravo!

theodoros

CJ Roy · December 6th, 2006, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian Mora

Which m2 package do you have (nikon, canon, PL mount, etc) Which lens Size did you use?

We used the Nikon set. Our lens sizes were 20mm (Sigma), 35mm (Nikon), 50mm(Nikon), 85mm(Nikon), 105mm(Nikon), 135mm(Nikon) & 70-200mm(Nikon).

thanks for watching.

-CJ Roy

Matt Gottshalk · December 6th, 2006, 07:46 PM

I didn't know Devo was still around.

Tell the lead singer to eat a sammich!

Looks nice.

Ian Mora · December 7th, 2006, 10:37 AM

Yeah,....hehehe,....they had a combined weight of around 200lbs. Not bad musically. CJ,...have you heard of another Texas band called Fair to Midland?,........well it's a big state so maybe not? Great band,..........anyways,....thanks for the lens info,....and the video looks AMAZING!!

Hugues Wisniewski · December 8th, 2006, 08:55 PM

Hi CJ,

Haven't seen your work in months, maybe years.
Happy to see something coming our way. Excellent work as usual.
Hope to see another short or a longer film someday

Andzei Matsukevits · December 9th, 2006, 01:50 PM

CJ, did you converted to SD before or after editing?
And what kind of device did you use to dump P2 cards?

thanks!

CJ Roy · December 9th, 2006, 04:16 PM

Ian - Haven't heard of them. To be honest, I'm a bit out of the loop as far as bands go. I've found it much more rewarding to just work on music videos as a hired gun rather than to hunting/finding bands and labels, convincing them of a concept then dealing with their drama. This way I can just focus on my job and avoid the client. =) Thanks for the compliments, I'm glad you liked the video.

Hugues - Thanks so much. I noticed "Hook" was at Tiburon & Shriekfest. I love both of those fests. Denise Gossett, who runs Shriekfest, is one of the nicest festival directors I've ever come across.
I'm currently working on larger projects... just takes time. Hopefully there will be something out this coming year. Thanks again.

Andzei - I actually haven't converted to SD yet. The file is just a web encoding straight from the HD master. For me, I always try to keep it at its source resolution then downconvert at the very last step if going out to digibeta or other SD formats.
As for dumping the p2 cards, my assistant used my apple powerbook connected to 2 Lacie 'Rugged' firewire bus powered drives. We have a duplicate of every file on set, then afterwards at the hotel we'd transfer to 2 larger drives and erase the portables. On this shoot, we had no errors and we never had to wait for cards. Having someone who's quick with the offload is very important. I could never justify the purchase for a P2 store or any other Panasonic hardware.

Thanks again for the feedback everybody.

December 5th, 2006, 01:56 AM	#1
CJ Roy Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 27	Nothing Gold (Music Video) HVX+M2 Hey all, Long time no post. Here's a music video we just finished for Texas band FauxFox. http://www.cjroy.net/nothinggold.html let me know what you think. Thanks. -CJ Roy

December 6th, 2006, 05:57 PM	#8
Ian Mora Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 50	which m2 package do you have? Which m2 package do you have (nikon, canon, PL mount, etc) Which lens Size did you use? thanks Ian

December 7th, 2006, 10:37 AM	#12
Ian Mora Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 50	Awesome Yeah,....hehehe,....they had a combined weight of around 200lbs. Not bad musically. CJ,...have you heard of another Texas band called Fair to Midland?,........well it's a big state so maybe not? Great band,..........anyways,....thanks for the lens info,....and the video looks AMAZING!!

December 8th, 2006, 08:55 PM	#13
Hugues Wisniewski New Boot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Rafael, CA Posts: 6	Hi CJ, Haven't seen your work in months, maybe years. Happy to see something coming our way. Excellent work as usual. Hope to see another short or a longer film someday __________________ Hugues www.vizpictures.com

December 5th, 2006, 10:41 AM	#2
Rudi Benade New Boot Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 6	Really beautiful images! I'm really impressed. It's still loading, but I really like it so far. That's three really's now! I can see how I would have done a few things differently but thats just personal taste things. I'm desperate for an M2 now. Checking you other work out now.

December 5th, 2006, 12:22 PM	#3
Sheldon Blais Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 114	WOW!! Great video. The group obviously had a budget in the tens of thousands..... Best video I've seen on DVI in a long time.....

December 5th, 2006, 12:36 PM	#4
Ash Greyson Trustee Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,689	Good video, too bad the song is painfully long. There is probably a great 2:30 song in there! Video looks great, I love the low-key lighting in some of the scenes. As far as budget, you could pull this off pretty cheap I think... ash =o)

December 6th, 2006, 12:05 PM	#6
Andzei Matsukevits Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 300	location is really nice, its like a died out town or something. Did you have to close down the street for shooting or something? Did you shoot it in HD on p2 cards and then downconverted in post, or you shot it in SD? nice job, one of the best videost i've seen in this forum.

December 6th, 2006, 04:49 PM	#7
CJ Roy Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 27	Andzei- The location was a set in South Dallas previously dressed to make a section of a middle eastern city. The owner of the property, which was about 3 or 4 city blocks, liked it so much that he didn't want them to tear it down afterwards. He just now rents out the location to other productions. It gave us something to play with, visually. Of course looking down the street to the north, you can see Dallas' skyline... but almost every direction was a good shot. And yes, the streets were shut down for us. Although they don't have much traffic to begin with. We shot in 720pn, on the P2 cards, which my assistant was constantly offloading and running back to me. We never had to wait on cards, because of him. Thanks for watching, glad you liked it. -CJ Roy

December 6th, 2006, 06:48 PM	#9
Theodoros Chliapas Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Greece Posts: 58	That's the best HVX+M2 footage i've ever seen. More than great. Big Bravo! theodoros

December 6th, 2006, 07:46 PM	#11
Matt Gottshalk Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 215	I didn't know Devo was still around. Tell the lead singer to eat a sammich! Looks nice.

December 9th, 2006, 01:50 PM	#14
Andzei Matsukevits Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 300	CJ, did you converted to SD before or after editing? And what kind of device did you use to dump P2 cards? thanks!

December 9th, 2006, 04:16 PM	#15
CJ Roy Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 27	Ian - Haven't heard of them. To be honest, I'm a bit out of the loop as far as bands go. I've found it much more rewarding to just work on music videos as a hired gun rather than to hunting/finding bands and labels, convincing them of a concept then dealing with their drama. This way I can just focus on my job and avoid the client. =) Thanks for the compliments, I'm glad you liked the video. Hugues - Thanks so much. I noticed "Hook" was at Tiburon & Shriekfest. I love both of those fests. Denise Gossett, who runs Shriekfest, is one of the nicest festival directors I've ever come across. I'm currently working on larger projects... just takes time. Hopefully there will be something out this coming year. Thanks again. Andzei - I actually haven't converted to SD yet. The file is just a web encoding straight from the HD master. For me, I always try to keep it at its source resolution then downconvert at the very last step if going out to digibeta or other SD formats. As for dumping the p2 cards, my assistant used my apple powerbook connected to 2 Lacie 'Rugged' firewire bus powered drives. We have a duplicate of every file on set, then afterwards at the hotel we'd transfer to 2 larger drives and erase the portables. On this shoot, we had no errors and we never had to wait for cards. Having someone who's quick with the offload is very important. I could never justify the purchase for a P2 store or any other Panasonic hardware. Thanks again for the feedback everybody.